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"Mr President, I wish to address the person who ought to have been in the public gallery today, namely Mr Mugabe. Your task, Mr Mugabe, was to give the people of Zimbabwe freedom, democracy and the rule of law. Instead, you have given the people of Zimbabwe oppression, terror, ill-treatment, torture and killing.
Your task, Mr Mugabe, was to give the people of Zimbabwe a new future and a new equality, including equality of rights. It was emphatically not to create an inverted racism or to degrade and oppress people because of the colour of their skin, their political views or their party allegiances.
Your task, Mr Mugabe, was to give the people of Zimbabwe food and a future. It was not to give them hunger, famine, despair and death. Your task was, moreover, to become a part of Zimbabwe’s history, of its bright and positive history. It was not to enter the history books as a notorious, cruel, narrow-minded and malicious dictator.
Mr Mugabe, I have had the privilege of meeting many worthy campaigners for human rights and democracy in your splendid country, Zimbabwe. The violence committed against them by your troops and soldiers will not prevail. In a year’s time, you will no longer be the leader of Zimbabwe."@en1
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